This Saturday, Real Madrid had the opportunity to strike a big blow in La Liga against Real Valladolid. Leader, the Madrid club could take advantage of Atlético de Madrid's draw earlier in the day against Villarreal (1-1) to move away at the top of the standings. To do this, Carlo Ancelotti decided to line up a revised eleven, with an attack made up of Brahim Diaz, Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo in support of Kylian Mbappé. Despite this, the Merengues displayed a clear superiority from the first moments of the meeting.
Faced with Pucelanos suffering this season and dead last in the Iberian championship, the Madrilenians obtained the first opportunity of the match with the distant and dangerous strike of a Kylian Mbappé on his legs and author of five goals in the last four matches. While the Madrilenians made the locals' half their headquarters, the capital club's opportunities multiplied and Valladolid's lock was blown. A few seconds after a dangerous strike from Rodrygo (29th), Mbappé opened the scoring after a beautiful strike from the left which came following a clever association with Jude Bellingham (0-1, 31st).
8 goals in the last 5 matches for Kylian Mbappé
Launched, Aurélien Tchouaméni's teammates had no problem maintaining this result which clearly suited their business. Better yet, Real showed real superiority in the game. A domination which allowed them to take off after returning from the locker room. In a smoothly conducted counterattack, Kylian Mbappé found himself on the left of the area and deceived Karl Hein with a superb cross shot (0-2, 57th). In control, the White House controlled the meeting and Thibaut Courtois had nothing to do this evening.
Always offensive, the visitors almost scored a third goal on a long-range attempt from Luka Modric (85th). Finally, this third goal came from a penalty which earned Mario Martin a red card but which allowed a confident Kylian Mbappé to score a welcome hat-trick (0-3, 90+1). With this clear and flawless success, Real Madrid continues with a fourth victory in La Liga. Carlo Ancelotti's flock take four points ahead of Atlético at the top of the standings and take cover. For its part, Valladolid still cannot do it and is stuck in last place.
